My friend and I created this Homemade Mario Brothers Costume. We grew out our mustaches for 2 months and stenciled out logos for our hats. We made fireballs out of multi-colored paper, color coordinated to match with the corresponding character. We bought overalls from salvation army and got the appropriate long sleeved shirts and shoes … Read more
I spent 3 weeks in making the Homemade Angry Birds Couple Costume. From painting helmet and the Styrofoam bricks to making the background. I spent many hours contemplating how the costume would go together and be lite enough to wear for hours. It was a fun because I got to include friends (Jamie) and family … Read more
Well it’s freshmen year of college, and it’s Halloween time. My friend and I didn’t want to be the typical nurse, French maid, or police officer that you generally see around college campuses at this time of year, so the costume brainstorming began. I was browsing some costume search engines when I came across Crayola … Read more
Where do I begin? I wanted a costume that was creative, yet meaningful, and I also wanted to grab enough attention to win a contest……..and that’s what we did! As my husband is Mexican, this homemade Day of the Dead costume was appealing to him, which was great since he wasn’t really interested in Halloween … Read more
I got this idea for a Homemade Publishers Clearing House Couple Costume from YOUR site! I loved the idea! My boss was the Prize Patrol. He wore a nice suit with a tie and a hat. We had balloons tied to the back of his coat and I made the printed check on a plotter … Read more
My son’s like to dress as a theme for Halloween. This year they went in a Homemade Magician and Rabbit in Hat Costume. I purchased the vest, pants and white shirt at thrift stores. I had to alter them slightly as they were too big. I found a large bag of fabric at Goodwill and … Read more
The Homemade Bobbits Couple Costume (John & Lorena). We have a costume Halloween party every year and we wanted something nobody else would think of. One day the vision of this costume came to me so I put it into reality. It was so easy to throw together too. For John’s costume: hubby just wore … Read more
The egg was made out of poster-board, cut into an egg shape. Then we spray painted a plastic bowl yellow to be the yolk. We hot glued it on to the poster board off center. To attach it to the body we had 2 straps crossing in the back attached with velcro to the poster-board. … Read more
Devin and Dyanna are brother & sister – Devin is almost 8 and Dyanna is 6. Along with their many interests, they also enjoy playing games on their Nintendo Wii, sometimes playing as a team, other times playing against each other as rivals. For Halloween 2009, they wanted to be something unique for Halloween. We … Read more
My wife loves the life-size, animated Halloween decoration she calls “Grady” that she bought years ago so we set out to replicate it this year for our homemade dead groom and bride couple Halloween costume. The coat and top hat were bought in a store in the Haight-Ashbury in San Francisco. The vintage ruffled shirt … Read more
I decided to dress as Dora the Explorer for Halloween because I’ve always said I looked just like her when I was a kid. My boyfriend then jumped on the opportunity to dress as Boots and so we created these homemade Dora and Boots couple costumes. To make the homemade Boots costume I hit up … Read more
These incredibly quick DIY Futurama couple Halloween costumes were a life saver at this year’s Halloween Party. Leela costume – Hair: Purple wig from costume store: $13 Clothes: White tank-top (already had), Black Cargo pants (already had), Black Boots (already had) Armband: Thick white foam board spray painted silver with foam cut-out buttons, also spray … Read more